5G NR Contract Job Trends in the South West

5G NR (5G New Radio)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring 5G NR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing 5G NR 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.045% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
England median daily rate £488 £559 £330
% change year-on-year -12.75% +69.32% +7.32%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

5G NR falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 262 355 485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.87% 14.66% 15.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 219 281
10th Percentile £225 £313 £225
25th Percentile £321 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £638 £622 £650
90th Percentile £715 £675 £730
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 68
10th Percentile £15.62 £11.75 £44.63
25th Percentile £16.71 £12.50 £48.32
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +15.06% -13.09%
75th Percentile £64.75 £73.75 £65.98
90th Percentile £66.14 £75.00 £75.38
England median hourly rate £34.00 £49.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -30.61% -13.26% +25.53%

5G NR
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G NR within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 1 £450 -
5G NR
England

5G NR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) MIMO
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) RAN Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) RAN Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Mapinfo
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia